Azure Tit

Parus cyanus tianschanicus (Menzbier, 1884)

Description

Head is with intens grey tinge, darker than in yenisseensis. Mantle is the same as in cyanus, and darker than in yenisseensis and hyperrhiphaeus. White on secondaries is less distributed than in cyanus and yenisseensis.

Distribution

Breeds and winters in Tien Shan, Dzhungarskiy Alatau, Tarbagatay, in middle and upper current of Ile valley.